The People’s Blog

Greetings, This Thursday, I am convening a Legislative oversight hearing on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the Senate Chair of the newly-formed Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency [...]

Greetings,  We’re writing with a reminder of MassDOT’s virtual public meeting and virtual public information platform which will stay open through this evening.  Related documents and meeting [...]

At the beginning of every legislative session, the House and Senate vote on their own chamber’s rules and what are called “Joint Rules.” In Massachusetts, the initial consideration of bills takes [...]

Greetings,  What follows is another update regarding the Northampton roundabout project. As we shared on January 12, MassDOT explained that it would be conducting a public process to evaluate and [...]

It’s a new day. Yesterday, all eyes were on Washington, D.C. as President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn into office — elected by a people determined to make this nation a place [...]

Greetings, We’re writing again in partnership with Representative Sabadosa to share a fourth update on the archeological site in Northampton and the construction of the roundabout.*** You may [...]

Tuesday was a whirlwind. There’s really no other word. I came to think on Wednesday morning (Jan. 6), mindful that our last day of the previous session (Tuesday, Jan. 5) stretched until 4:30 [...]

Greetings from our district, We won’t soon forget 2020 and the countless ways that people and communities rose to the daunting challenges of a historic global pandemic, massive economic crisis, [...]

On December 15, Representative Jim Hawkins and I sent the following letter to the Joint Committee on Education Chairs Lewis and Peisch regarding the urgent need to waive the MCAS graduation [...]

Conference Committee Report on S.2963, An Act Relative to Justice, Equity, and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth In June, in the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd and [...]